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bleeding", the sides should be blistered, to the extent of a circle of 

 twelve inches diameter, or more, in the instance of a large coach or 

 cart Horse. Provided Misters are properly prepared, and effectually 

 applied, I think them preferable to Rowels, but if a strong preju- 

 dice should exist in favour of Rowels, one may be inserted in the 

 chest, and another between the fore legs of the Horse. The prac- 

 tice recommended by Osmer, nearly fifty years ago, is indeed, I 

 think, far preferable to that of RoweHing, according to the ordinary 

 method of Farriers, from which latter, I have seen most dreadful 

 mischief arise, and in two cases, mortification and death were tl\e 

 consequence of the extensive inflammation, which took place in the 

 Cellular Membraae. Osmer V practice was to make a number of 

 small openings in the skin, and to introduce into them tents of tew, 

 previously rubbed over with blistering ointment. This method is 

 found to produce very speedy inflammation, and suppuration, in that 

 integument, which is all that can be accomplished, by the introduc- 

 tion of those large extraneous substances, called Rowels, The ex- 

 perience however of many years, has completely satisfied my mind, 

 that all the advantages that can be derived from RoweHing in this 

 disease, may be obtained in a more cleanly and less offensive manner, 

 through the medium of Blisters. 



And, therefore, I would rather recommend the Blistering of the 

 Chest and Brisket of the animal, as well as of the Sides, in prefer- 

 ence to the insertion of Rowels in those parts. 



As soon as, by. the employment of these means, the more urgent 

 »yirfi)toms of the disease begin to give way, that is to say, in case 

 the animal breathe, with greater freedom, seem brisker, and the 

 pulse be reduced in frequency, and especially if he lie down, and 



